Rutgers drive unravels to result in punt on fourth-and-goal

How does that even happen, you ask? An excellent question. So let's recap the clown car of madness.

On first and goal, Kyle Monangai's two-yard run set up Rutgers up with a second-and-goal to go from the eight-yard line. Not an ideal play, but certainly acceptable. Nothing out of the ordinary here. Yet. 

The next play resulted in an offensive pass interference penalty that came with 15-yard loss that sent Rutgers back to the 23-yard line to replay second down. 

Things did not go any better on the replayed down as another penalty, this time a holding penalty pushed, Rutgers back another 10 yards to to replay the down from the 33-yard line. 

Following an incompletion, Rutgers was then flagged for a false start on third down to push the line of scrimmage back to the 38-yard line. That is already on the outer edges of realistic field-goal range for a college kicker, which would have given the Rutgers coaching staff a difficult decision if it did not gain any yardage. 

But that was a decision Rutgers never had to make because the third-and-goal play (from the 38!) resulted in a sack that pushed the ball back to the 43-yard line, and forcing the rare, but always comical, punt on fourth-and-goal.

This sort of thing does happen from time to time, but it is extremely rare.  

Rutgers football, baby.